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Closing the health food gap

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In New York, many low-income neighborhoods that lack access to fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables now have help.
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Bank becomes rich by lending to poor

ACLEDA Bank began as a micro-lender, loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses -- now it's become the country's largest bank. ...
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Nicholas Negroponte and One Laptop Per Child

Nicholas Negroponte is out to change the world by giving laptops to kids in remote places....
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Norwegian inventor's cardboard oven combats climate change

A solar-powered oven made out of cardboard and tinfoil could help combat climate change by offering an alternative for people who rely on firewood to cook their food....
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Architects fight climate change

A group of architects have joined forces to design buildings that use no fossil fuels by the year 2030....
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Data collection via mobile phone

A new tool available called FrontlineForms could help collect health, agricultural, and human rights data via a mobile phone network in many parts of the world....
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Investing in an interconnected world

There’s another side to finance that starts with a youthful impulse to save the world and evolves into something both savvy and humane....
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Microlending in America

An ambitious social experiment will launch later this year that will test Americans' ability and willingness not just to give, but to give to one another....
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Grassroots savings plan helps many in tough times

A susu could be one of the safest places to park your money these days; this type of informal investment club got to the United States through immigrant communities....
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U.S. defense firms' future in peacekeeping

Companies that make military planes are now in the business of training peacekeepers in places like Darfur....
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